Miers, 1879
Both sexes dimorphic. Carapace either narrow, or isosceles triangular in outline, very elongate, or broadish. Hepatic and branchial lobes indistinct or marked. Rostrum medially or obliquely projecting into a styliform process; its distal end looking like simple, even rounded or trilobate, or quadrilobate. Preorbital spine sharp or not produced or dorso-ventrally flattened. Postocular spine indistinct. Chelipeds small. Ambulatory legs rather stout. Male abdomen with all segments distinct. Female abdomen with five segments. (Guinot 1998)
Type species: Huenia simplex Dana, 1852, by subsequent designation of Miers, 1879.
Species treated:
Simocarcinus longirostris Lenz, 1910
Simocarcinus obtusirostris (Miers, 1879)
Simocarcinus simplex (Dana, 1852)